Floating World’s Fair

These visionary 1984 plans for the proposed 1992 Chicago World's Fair extended from Chinatown on the south to Goose Island on the north and the lakefront on the east. Save for the entry gates, all the exhibitions would be located in basins in or along the Chicago River and Lake Michigan. Ever a champion of the continued economic development of the inner city, Goldberg, in collaboration with architect Harry Weese, focused on the river in an attempt to direct development.

Intended to be a joint exposition between the United States and Spain to celebrate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' voyage of discovery from Spain to the Americas, it would have been the first world's fair to be conducted simultaneously in two countries. Chicago pulled out of the bid to host the fair because of protests about the planned exposition site in Lake Michigan and administrative difficulties between the City of Chicago and the State of Illinois.